Analysts await Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVGS) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.38 EPS, down 5.26% or $0.02 from last year’s $0.4 per share.

At the moment 7 analysts are watching Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVGS), 2 rate it “Buy”, 3 “Outperform”, 2 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 81.18 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 85.85 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 8 analysts have a mean target of 315.77 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 7 analysts have a 0.43 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 7 analysts have a 0.45 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 7 estimates of 1.75 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Navigator Holdings Ltd. include WL Ross & Co LLC which owns 22 million shares in the company valued at $298.44 million. Qvt Financial LP is the second biggest holder with 2 million shares currently valued at 25.83 million whilst Westfield Capital Management Company, LP has 2 million shares valued at 21.80 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 39,915,187 with a reported 2,063,076 bought and 884,075 sold. These holdings make up 72.06% of the company’s outstanding shares.

The stock decreased 0.34% or $0.05 during the last trading session, hitting $16.55. Navigator Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVGS) has risen 16.74% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.